As 2024 winds down, the Alberta poker scene is heating up with the final series of the Pure Poker Tour (PPT) season. The trophy events kick off at Pure Casino Yellowhead on November 21 with the Seniors First event, followed by 11 days of action-packed poker, and highlighted by the $1,100 Main Event starting on November 29.
Check out live updates and reporting from the 2024 Pure Poker Tour Series #6 by Lyle Bateman. Chose an event of your choice down below:
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Mike Malm Out in 2nd Place for $6,752
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 1/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) 
Mike Malm It was a quick heads-up that ended with a bit of a cooler. Mike Malm was in with A♠Q♠10♦4♣ but Mike Kim woke up even more premium with A♣A♦K♦2♣.
Clubs were on for Kim tonight as he hit one on the flop, then ran out to two more on the turn and river to give him the flush and the win. For his part, Malm added yet more points to his now almost insurmountable lead in the API points race in addition to more than $6,700.
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Alex Liu Out in 3rd Place for $4,321
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 2/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) 
Alex Liu It’s now heads-up between Mike Malm and Mike Kim after Alex Liu busted out in 3rd place. That’s his 2nd 3rd place finish of the series after he did that same in yesterday’s High Roller.
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Nick Milkovich Out in 4th Place for $2,701
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 3/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) 
Nicholas Milkovich Mike Kim is on a roll after sending Nick Milkovich to the rail in 4th place. Kim hit nines full of deuces to cap the straight for Milkovich, and he now has more than half the chips in play.
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Kim Flushes
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 4/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) Mike Kim raised under th gun to 30k and Mike Malm called from the small blind. The flop was 8♠7♣J♦ and both players checked to th 5♣ turn where Malm check-called for 30k. The 4♣ brought another check-calle from Malm, this time for 120k. Kim showed A♣K♥9♣6♠ for the club flush and the win.
Malm was down to about 350k after the hand while Kim is pushing 1.2 million, around half the chips in play.
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Scott Munro Out in 5th Place for $1,620
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 4/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) 
Scott Munro There are four left in the PLO Big Bounty after short stack Scott Munro busted in 5th place tonight. I missed the action while writing the previous hand.
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Agro Action, No Show
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 5/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) Mike Malm limped the cutoff and Alex Liu called the button before Mike Kim potted to 40k from the small blind. It folded to Malm who repotted to 136k.
That pushed Liu out but Kim called to see a flop of 3♦2♦10♠. Kim checked, then tank-folded when Mlam went all in for 291k, just short of a pot bet.
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28 Players Left
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 28/114 Prizes: $21,660 There are 28 players left in th Turbo game tonight at the break following Level 12.
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Kim Still Leads at Break
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 5/73 Prizes: Names Chips from Break
Player Chips Scott Munro 183,000 Nicholas Milkovich 567,000 Mike Malm 450,000 Alex LIu 275,000 Mike Kim 777,000 -
Kim Keeps Stacking
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 5/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) Mike Kim raised to 20k under the gun and Nicholas Milkovich called from the button. They both checked the 3♣10♣6♣ flop and Kim led for 30k on the 5♣ turn.
Milkovich reraised to 100k and Kim made the call. The river was Q♣ an both players checked again. “I would have liked a bet,” Kim said as he showed deuce-four for the straight and Milkovich mucked his hand.
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114 Entries Confirmed
Level: 11 (1000/2000/2000) Entries: 38/114 Prizes: $21,660 The numbers are in with 114 entries confirmed tonight. That means 12 players will take part of $21,660 later tonight.
Turbo Payouts
Place Player 1 $6,031 2 $4,155 3 $2,701 4 $2,077 5 $1,600 6 $1,267 7 $997 8 $789 9 $644 10 $519 11 $440 12 $440 -
Tony Comely Out in 6th Place for $1,080
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 5/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) 
Tony Comely There are 5 left in the PLO Big Bounty tonight after Tony Comely took $1,080 for 6th place.
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Kyle Levicki Out in 7th Place for $810
Level: 15 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 6/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) 
Kyle Levicki There are 6 left in the PLO Bounty now after Kule Levicki was the first player to exit in the money. He picked up $810 for 7th place tonight.
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Money Shots
Level: 15 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 7/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) Tony Comely Scott Munro Nicholas Milkovich Mike Malm 
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In the Money
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 7/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) They are in the money in the PLO Bg Bounty with 7 players left. Sam Gottiparthi was the bubble tonight in 8th place.
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Final 8 with Eyeballed Stacks
Level: 14 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 8/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) There are just 8 players left on the final table now, one off the money. Below is a look at the stacks for the final 8, but keep in mind it’s an estimate.
Final 8 Stacks for PLO Big Bounty
Player Chips Scott Munro 260,000 Nicholas Milkovich 95,000 Mike Malm 320,000 Alex LIu 260,000 Sam Gottiparthi 30,000 Kyle Levicki 240,000 Mike Kim 840,000 Tony Comely 85,000 -
Final Table Time
Level: 14 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 9/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) They are setting up the final table now for the PLO Bounty game. I’ll grab names for the final nine shortly, but will grab pics when they get into the money at 7 left.
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Down to 12
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 12/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) There was a lot of action right after the break and they are now down to 12 remaining. Deven Lane, Jerry Li, Stefan Maloney, and Brady O’hara were the busted players to bring it to 12.
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114 Entries after Break
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 66/114 Prizes: $21,660 Entries are now closed with 114 on the board at the close of registration. That is still unofficial, but if confirmed it will mean 11 or 12 players cashing from a prize pool of $21,660. I’ll confirm the numbers shortly when the prizes are posted.
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Break Chips for Final 16
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 16/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) Alex Liu and Garry Sandhu are the leaders to start Level 13 as the only players with more than 300k in front of them.
1 Brady O’hara 66,000 2 Scott Munro 119,500 3 4 Nicholas Milkovich 120,000 5 Sam Gottiparthi 126,000 6 John MacArthy 30,500 7 Deven Lane 27,000 8 Kenny Ta 61,000 9 Alex LIu 335,000 1 Garry Sandhu 308,000 2 Kyle Levicki 265,000 3 Michael Khan 133,000 4 Mike Malm 210,000 5 6 Stefan Maloney 30,000 7 Jerry Li 56,500 8 Tony Comely 49,500 9 Mike Kim 230,000 -
Final Two Tables
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 18/73 Prizes: $41,610 ($27,010 prizes, $14,600 bounties) They are down to the final two tables with 18 players left in the PLO Big Bounty tonight. Level 12 has just begun and the remaining players will go for a 15-minute break at the end of this level.
